Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-18
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NE wS OF TaETWO STATES TOLD
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A Serious Injury Ina ,oted in n Street
Row at Mari~ttR--Corn Damaged by
Frost In sumter Cnunty--A washing
tom Syndicate Making Handsome
Profits Out of Ltnd in Decatur.
Shad, post Office of Floyd county, has
been discontinued.
The telegraph line will be complete
from Tennille to Dublin within few
nays.
"The Merchants Bank of Rome" is to
be the name Of Rome's new national
bank.
A. R. Erwin has organized a large
school at Vivian, in Scriyen county, and
mas commenced teaching.
jackson county was carried by the Pro-
hibitionists in tue recent election. The
majority is somewhere near 200.
A son of William Howard had his arm
broken last sunday by falling unon 1t Ia
an awkward way while jumping at syl-
vsnia.
Five mem bers were added to the Meth
odist Church at Dublin last Sunday,
evlncing the good that the labOrs OF Rev.
u. G. Thompson are doing.
Rev. ). w. Hinton. Presiding Elder ot
the Savannah district, held the first
quarterly conference of Sylyania circuit
az but 1iGlHOtlsb CluECu IN SYN anna On
Saturday last.
Harry Hill, of Oglethorpe county, saws
that the President has rendered him the
appointment of a consulship on the island
Of Samoa, in the Pacific ocean. and he
will probably accept,
The contract for building w ashin gton's
Cateolic church has been let TO w. J.
Norton at $4,000. Future donations to
the fund may add to the ornamentation
of the building, and make the cost
greater.
There was quite heavy frost in sum
ter county Tuesday morning. Many of
The planters say that corn has been badly
damaged, while others hold that IL is only
yellowed and will recover, but that it viii
be set back several days in maturing.
The Washington syndicate which has
recently made large Investments ia Deca-
tur property met Tuesday and held very
satisfactory meeting. They had before
them an offer of $4,000 advance on their
purchase, but as they are angling for
much larger fish they did not consider the
proposition.
Lightning cut up some extra capers
around the depot at Cutnoert on Tuesday
evening during the rain storm. Several
horses were Knocked down, soaring others
and making them run away, telegraph
wires were demolished, and a number of
of their wits.
1t is told on a well-known gentleman OF
Randolph county that a number OF years
ago, under a wager he undertook to eat
four dozen hard-boiled eggs. curious
crowd gathered round to witness this
astronomical feat. but after disposing OF
forty-seven he caved and lost the wager
by eggs-actly one egg.
The buildings on Bay street, Bruns-
UfnE NV f~a Will 20 ha
replaced with brick, being in the fire limit
AS matter OF course they will be rebuilt
at oLce for they are needed. Judge Dill
ions building always rented for over
$1,000 per annum. The others were very
nearly il not quite as valuable in proper
hon.
1t turns out that the late Stephen Fell
ker, of Monroe, was a far wealthier man
than was even supposed during his life
time. In the old safe which he had long
used there was found some time after his
death 500, 900. Several thousands OF the
money in gold coin had been there for ten
years or more. MIR. Felker's estate Will
doubtless aggregate 100000.
j. W. Clark planted two acres in water
melons just outside of Perry last Monday
Others will plant for the early crop soon.
1t is supposed that the area devoted to
watermelons will be about the same this
year as last. About 200 acres near Perry
We're cultivated in melons last year.
Barring providential injury, Mr.. Clark
will gather ripe melons on or about
June 20.
- l.. A. Matthews has been appointed
route agent on the Wrightsylle and Ten
nile rai!road--a position that will pay a
handsome salary TO the occupant and
afford great convenience to tho public.
Heretofore letter could not be mailed on
the train coming TO or going from Dublin,
and the railroad employees were not al
Bowed by law to take one aud drop at the
next Office.
1t is rumored that Samuel Farkas will
erect an elegant hotel building on his
vacant lot at Albany, on which ne is now
hauling his building material. He is to
have an internal arrangement elegant
and commodlous, fashioned after the
nrcades of larger hotels. The style of
architecture Will be medieval, and re-
femble the quaint though beautiful cas-
ties of Hungary that haunt SANS earlier
oecollections Of his distant fatherland.
Macon Is to have directory at last.
Messrs. Poe and Alley are now canvass
ing the city for subscribers to a city di-
rectory, which they propose to publish as
soon as possible. Having lived i'll Macon
all their lives, they believe they can fur
nish the people with complete directory
free from mistakes as to names, l0ca-
tAOues CtCat anu VIII Eifc III blt DOOh MOI
only full list of every resident. but all
Information needed in works oil the kind.
Ttonas Molines Wilson died on the
evening Of March IA at the family resi-.
dence on the Danielsyille road, three
. miles from Athens, about 70 years OF age.
For many years before the war he was a
prominent merchant OF Athens. Born
and reared within ten miles of Athens,
most OF his life was spent IN Clarke
county. The large and prosperous bust
ness he was engaged In before the war
having been arrested by the state OF the
country, the later years of mis- life were
spent in farming.
Thomas Cox, OF Albany, who has In his
yard an iyy-mantled oak In which the
English sparrows nest, made a raid on II
the other day and captured 1874 eggs and
two bushels OF nests. The pesuerous
birds had preyed upon Mr.. CoxsS garden
until patience ceased to be a virtue, and
he faided their ivy-twined retreat with a
determination TO exterminate them, but
they are undsunte6 over the spoliation OF
their homes, and are already repairing
the damage with chirps that indicate a
!. resignation TO such sorrows.
'rhe Rome Land ComnauV has in at baan